Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-02-26
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN
'ia Sa9. DAY sERMON si d
Subject. "Tho Flying Doves

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sIis0 na' When God would set fast beautiful
thought He plants 1t IN tree When He
would make Il float the waters He fashions il
into fish. When He would have it glide
the air He molds it into q bird: For some
Very great Tastinatfon ] The bahkbird,
through the sunshine The meadow lark,
with head Of fawn and throat of velvet and
slsfise3 breast Of gold The redtamingo flying over
the swamp like spark struck from the forge
@liof the setting sun. The pelican black and
white, morning and night tangled in his
wing They seem to be not more of earth
nv than Heaven, because they are all the time
Faengting betvesn the two, do not won
N DEF that Audubon took hislgun and tramped
~ ~ through the American forests to find some
new specimens of bids Biologists have
given whole years to find the track Of birds
claw in the new red sandstone. There is
enough of Gods architecture in snipe's bill
or grouse's foot to confound all the univer-
stiles Musicians have tried with hars and
clefs f 70 represent the mn ic Of the pightin-
%shatk cAild poacsssis De Swallow at the
eayT n the .houseT willie gran father
8 ssa tSs sAo ~iG Ss %gS q
the air. said Christ in His great sermon, and
Isaiah, looking forward to the time when
there would be great multitude Of people
coming to hrist and coming to the church,
FSF7 ls1eMfndeagf atockef pigeons alightipg on
s~-3 aroep and Hthep all those pigeons together
s'-i~' Nsfyiug to get-iato the window Of the c6opy
aud he cries out in the words of my text:
Il" dOv sro to 5t 9Ss tens c0q B
tayw y, This is meporahe dayi Brooklyn Tab
1 NV we 6auf t IL da vs. s lsd
out invitations to the Kings party; today
We sit at the banquet On other days we
fight The ]hattley teAayfwe CLAIM. vi tory
THROUGH 9hs gord gsHChriss Msp, and
prayed for the advancement of this church.
take into your soul to-day with high salts
aIifactionj ALL this scene. Bring igarands
and music, and spiritsoofl 4consecfa-
tion to celebrate this harvest home
Oh the mercy of God. People tell me it is
notion Then I put On it four, swiftsailipg
crafts, withPheiee rigging and wit compass
and chart and with skllliul pavigators and
tsHt 81 tits Stsan Go oas Mercy nj ana
ssy s ship asS s &c ss 9 e e.
east,and another to the west, and they sail on
ten thousand years, and after while they
- one cres from the Heav enly land: Have YOU
found the shore of Gods mercyw and
easy rs ssie An n60Fe then no s shGFe
gels are dispatched from the throne,
ana Fd,, they try to fly IA. across this ocean
sand years, and they fly on million ears
and then come ba:k and they fold their
II wings at the foot of the throne of God, and
some one cries out: - Have you found the
shore to the ocean of Gods mercyIs And
they say:s no shore, poshorc to the ocean
Iplead it, pray il Here is man bound
this Gospel hammer makes him everias I.
,ng Eyyoh free e o.n Mercy, mercy There i
AiteappOt fathomt IThereis noimmepsit VI il
persons jolll q church the first natural Ottes
tion that arises is. who are they What has
9s se WSss them %9 Ssot az aHa
so looking of upon this great multitude who
~ to1daY have go nected themselves withthe
r 5sssssF IL BR 3STf I'VE arya I'll r. the
Il @asa ckud dad as1e dove to theif wiadowsi
X They Ire slsEes WHO have beeH er4ancipated.
THY Afe soldiers who hive enlisted for a
thirty years war; they are heirs OF mmor-
tality; they are blood washed thronr This
multitude who flock intp the kingdom of God
h1..
sRSss they * lSE 5 ShS eagle s Ssr:
- sun, and many Of tie other birds NV
70 high that sometimes they appeay
n eanuo sPs +d1 against ,gs stnt the
II ~ or thelstylelof their puriage 7 II a spoFts.
man discharges his gun at them they are SO
% b sI pigeons ~ iow eeTf 5sgS
aTo a ftSgpf re FSS tie they
attitudes. They never make any Z high
o3r SSsSFs lions !: They are like rs souls
cote OF Gods mercy, wanting no high
things willing to come down at tbs feet OF
.H9fII Christ, willing to crawl under the table and
take the crumbs that fall from the Mast sr
table. Not SO were they once Once they
were proud; once they were pulled up; once
tney were inexorabe; once perhafs thew
SsTs very eSsnS s9 please Dnt not They
20 fS%' i"tp % fiS S Fl Tbsy Gods %sTfy
. n Sss Fff s;b 90 their %.n sasns Ct
uark Droodlng, beautiful sins sins AGAINST
.-sG od. sins AGAINST tire Bible sins against their
soul, sins against the Judgment day sins
against long eternity. They remember all
these things They fly low l. have heard
thhtSin England, id an instltItion Of cIal5tR
wheSepeepleiare taken Sand 'cAred for, that
before they take off the rags of their poverty
lin o. and wash OF the, filth of Their abomination
aa. s1d int IN Alter .psT time tSSy
goiGisg may remember what the institution has done
for them, And here is picture of what we
were before Christ redeemed us. We we're
9EfgDl IN the rags Of our SINS and the filth of CUR
abomination. Unclean, uncleani Though
now in the light and the peace and the prosS
s.iHlE perity OF the gospel and ROBBED in the right
qa5s0ae e2nsness Of the SonGof God let us once in
while come and look at the old picture Of
what we once Then will ny
low. Those souls who come into the kingdom
to-day should remember that they ecoIning
into the presence Of a God who hates sin. He
IL IA. abhors iniquity. He cannot abide trans
gressons. He slew the 165, 900 Of Sennach-
9f 300 cribs host In night HH0ly, holy holy is
6a 4 +. ayedt the Lord God Almighty Fly lowi, An
as bush which IS Blooming VT and niDeteen
.z cenfurts ago. at the foot Of the Of the
Son OF God, a rel rose was planted which IS
i,t.l5ia blooming yet You want to stoop down and
pluck that rose You want to stoop down
and breathe that fragrance. Oh for more
Of the humility OF the Gospel. Oh, for more
Of the chfelike epiriE Let{us fly low. r-~s
This mnltituds who flock into the Kingdom
of God also come like doves to their windows
Nt H'' because they by for shelter The albatross
makes throne Of the tempest The sea-
~ guls have frolic in the storm, and the
IA. higher. the surf dances the better thsy are